“IT CAME FROM HAWAII” – Though this sounds like the title of one of those REALLY cheesy horror movies from the 50’s & 60’s, it’s more like a “Kick to the Groin” of the so-called “Birthers” who have made the argument for years that President Barack Obama is NOT a “Natural Born American Citizen” and, [...]
Now that we understand the issues surrounding our Revenue and Spending Problems in general; the differences between Discretionary & Mandatory Spending, the History of our Progressive Tax System, how that Progressive Tax System works (or doesn’t work) today and the SECRET Tax of Inflation, it’s finally time to take a look at the SOLUTIONS that [...]
Hopefully, we now understand the problems with our Government’s Addiction to Taxing and Spending, as well as how our Progressive Tax Code works (or doesn’t work, as the case seems to be), and you may be thinking, “OK, let’s fix the problem.” Well hold up there, Buckaroo, because there’s one more issue that we have [...]
Do you know how much you paid in taxes for 2010? Oh, sure, you probably remember how much you GOT BACK, or how much you owed when you filed your Return, but do you actually know how much you paid in taxes last year? In 1943, during World War 2, the Federal Government implemented a [...]
OK, so we’ve talked about the issues relating to Raising Revenue in Part 1, and then we talked about the problems with Mandatory & Discretionary Spending in Part 2, which brings us to the issues of our Progressive Tax System for Part 3 of this STIMULATING discussion. Now, when I call this a “Progressive” Tax [...]
Peanut butter & chocolate. Rice & Beans. Meat & Potatoes. There are some things just naturally go together, but here’s another pairing: Debt & Taxes. As our Elected Representatives get ready to go toe-to-toe over the upcoming Federal Budget, I think it’s time that we try to understand exactly what they’re fighting about. In our [...]
When last we spoke, I posted a very lengthy analysis about the President’s Speech from April 13th, which outlined his plans for dealing with our Nation’s Economic Woes. Among those plans included the proposal of raising taxes. His argument, of course, is that raising taxes on the “Top 2% of Wage Earners” help to fix [...]
I have to admit that it has taken me a few days to get past the RAGE that I felt hearing President Obama’s (campaign) speech on April 13 at the George Washington University. I’m not the first to say this, but I’ll say it anyway: this was nothing but a President pandering to his base [...]
